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Yeah it does kind of look like a loaf of bread.

Anyway, this is just a reminder that free healthcare is IMPOSSIBLE, we just do not have the technology!

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[-] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

Hang on, do you not even have ambulances in burger land?

[-] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

there's ambulances, they average out to about ~$1500 a ride of you're uninsured, about $500 if you have insurance.

also, there's a good chance that your insurance isn't contracted with that specific ambulance company, so you also run the risk of having insurance and getting a gigantic non-covered bill anyways.

most people will call a cab to take them to the hospital these days, or just die, as the system seems designed to encourage.

[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

about $500 if you have insurance

i still can't wrap my head around the idea that being insured in the US means you get a discount on health services

[-] Andrzej3K@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago
[-] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 7 months ago

Someone close to me had an ambulance ride and they had insurance from the hospital. I think it was around $2,000

Fucking shitty country

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 7 months ago

They do, but they run away from them since the eyoeyo ride plunge them into bankruptcy.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 7 months ago

There's nothing that cures a broken leg faster than a US ambulance. There's a famous film about it called Forrest Gump.

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